by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Theology Major in Pennsylvania” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Theological & Ministerial Studies is the 63rd most popular major in the country with 15,832 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, theological and ministerial studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $40,590 and had an average of $26,272 in loans still to pay off.
Across Pennsylvania, there were 579 theological and ministerial studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,637 and $31,500 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 2 theological and ministerial studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,360 and $19,957 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Theology Major in Pennsylvania” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in theological and ministerial studies. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their theological and ministerial studies program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Theology Major in Pennsylvania”.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Theology Major in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Valley Forge landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 2 associates’s theology degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Theology Major in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Immaculata University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Immaculata, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 0 degrees to qualified associates’s theology students in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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